The Claustrum: An Investigation of Claustrophobic Phenomena

"It is impressive how much Meltzer extended and enriched Melanie Kleins concepts in The Claustrum. He considers the claustrum-dwellers projective identification into an internal object to be not massive (a quantitative concept), but rather, intrusive (a qualitative concept), hence its malignancy. He also discovered that not only the uterus, but also other spaces of the internal mother figure, are susceptible to becoming a maternal claustrum, each giving rise to distinct pathologies." -- Rebeca Grinberg, training analyst and child analyst, Asociacin Psicoanalitica de Madrid, IPA